3 posts tagged “thanksgiving dinner”
Kill A Watt PS
Power Strip with Electricity Usage Monitor and Surge Protection
Link: Cable Organizer
The monitor itself can give you information on how much electricity you are using. It can now also check the quality of your power supply by monitoring voltage, line frequency, amperage and leakage. The on/off switch also gives you a soft power up to prevent power spikes. The circuit breaker is adjustable to a choice of 2, 5 10 or 15 Amps. It even includes an EMI filter reducing AC power noise.
Seasonal Letters Jingle
Jared Heffner from Indiana wants more seasonal versions of the Letters Jingle, in addition to the Festive Version. A Spring version with violins and birds, a 4th July version, and a Halloween version. Leo asks George Wood, one of our theme-meisters, to get to work.
Listen to Episode 706
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CartStopper
Shopping Cart Safety
Link: CartStopper
Leo thinks the CartStopper might be another Purseguard (Episode 406). That's not going to please Shopping Mom Dyanne who designed the device!
CES 2009 Preview
Dick was at the CES 2009 Preview last week. CES has to hold a preview in order to announce the CES awards in January.
Busy Bee
Busy Bee Ludwik Trammer is at work again. He has some ideas for Dick's site, and is going to show Dick on Go To Meeting. By the way, Giz Wiz Search now has a new .com URL: www.gizwizsearch.com.
The Joy of Gadgets
The Kodak Disc Camera (Episode 690) brings back fond memories of a strong and vibrant company for Brent [Cascamenti] from Rochester, New York, who has been working for Kodak as an electrical engineer for 27 years. Brent has been a faithful listener since Episode 1, and thanks Dick and Leo for bringing him the joy of gadgets.
Skunk Works
Brent uses the word "Skunk Works" in his letter, which Leo explains to Dick, with a little help from Wikipedia, first used by Lockheed Martin in 1938. The name has its origin in Al Capp's comic strip L'il Abner.
Dick's Thanksgiving
No small talk for Dick's party at Thanksgiving, where his pineapple upside down cake is de rigueur (in addition to the gravy of course). For more on Dick's Thanksgiving celebrations, go back to Episode 199. Whenever Dick misses his Thanksgiving fare, he can go to "Good Enough To Eat", all year round. This is also the restaurant Dick took Leo for a huge breakfast when Leo was in New York (listen to the beginning of Episode 334).
Ready for TTTT
Leo had numerous ideas for last week's TTTT (see Episode 697), but only after the recording had ended. This time, he's ready.
Listen to Episode 701
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Coby DVD Player TF-DVD8500
Portable DVD Player
Link: Coby Electronics
Portable DVD Player, the 8.5" widescreen swivels, and it has A/V in so that you can plug in your own video/audio source, and is very reasonably priced.
It makes its own porridge?
Dick and Leo toy with the idea of the slogan "It makes its own porridge", "It's just the tip of the gadget iceberg", in a British accent.
New TWiT Website
TWiT.tv has received a face-lift. The new website was announced in Leo's blog on 10 July 2006. It even has podzinger audio search enabled.
Mad needs a new generation
Leo commits another faux pas by suggesting that Mad needs a new generation.
The 9 Islands of Tuvalu
Listen to Leo's introduction of the 9 islands of Tuvalu, and its capital Funafuti.
Dick's Childhood Thanksgiving
Dick's childhood Thanksgiving dinners were real Italian feasts.
Gravy Jingle at the end of DGW
At the end of this podcast appears the Gravy Jingle by Paul Minshall, for the first time, which eventually becomes the official gravy jingle. No mention is made of it until Episode 118.